Floor-mop duster



June 3 1924.

M. A. HUN;

FLOOR MO'P'DUSTER Original Filed July 2,2, 1921' FNVENTOR BYCQQ'MWO ATTORNEY5 June 3, 1924.

PATENT OFFICE.

MARTIN A. HUNT, OF CHICAGO, ILLINTJIS.

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Application filed July 22, 1921, Serial No. 486,773. Renewed January 2, 1924.

To all whom ithmay concern:

Be it knowit'lthat IQMARTIN A. HUNT, a citizen of the." United States, residing at Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements inFloor-Mo Dusters, of which the following is a speci cation.

This invention relates to floor mop dusters.

Objects of'this invention are to provide a floor mop duster which will efficiently clean the floor mop; which may be readily manipulated to facilitate positioning the floor mopin position to be cleaned; which will retain the dust received from the mop and preventits passing outwardly into the surrounding air; which will allow the free operation of the mop; and which may be readily emptied after it has been in use a considerable time.

Further objects are to provide a floor mop duster which will occupy a small space; which may be. cheaply and readily constructed; which is sturdy and not likely to get out of order; and which will not present an unsightly appearance.

An embodiment of the invention is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a plan" view of a floor mop duster.

Figure 2 is a. side elevation showing, in dotted lines, the position the parts assume when the device 1s adjusted to receive the floor mop.

Figure 3 is a sectional view on the line 33 of Figure 4.

Figure 4 is a sectional view on the line 44 of Figure 1.

The device comprises a cabinet composed of a top portion 1, removably joined to a bottom portion2 by means of the overhanging flanges 3 and seat or shoulder 4. The bottom ortion 2 has a permanently positiond oor or bottom 5 and is provided with suitable legs 6. The upper portion 1 is provided with a pair of doors or flaps 7 and 8 hingedly joined at 9 and. '10 to the remaining portion of the top. These flaps, it will be seen from an inspection of the drawing, serve to divide the upper portion of the top along a median line and are provided at their juxtaposed central portions with semicircular cut-outs adapted to jointly form a circular opening 11.

the upper compartment 1.

' rods 14 and the eyes 15.

I The means for engaging themop to remove the dust therefrom comprises an annular ring 12 secur ed'by means of a series of bolts 13 to the lower inner pcr-tion of the upper part 1 of the cabinet. A series of downwardly extending radial rods 14 are passed thru appropriate perforations formed in this annular ring and are supported therefromthese rods conveniently terminating adjacent their upper ends in inwardly projecting loops 15. The lower ends of these rods are passed thru openings in a smaller annular ring 16 and are riveted, soldered or otherwise joined to such ring. It is to be noted that the lower ring 16 is spaced a material distance upwardly above the floor 5 of the bottom portion 2.

The means for opening the flaps 7 and 8 to permit the insertion of a mop comprise a foot lever 17 provided with a foot plate 18 i and pivotally mounted at 19 to the side of This lever is normally held in the position, shown in full lines in Figure 2, by means of a spring 20 whose upper end 21 is secured to a bracket 21 attached to the compartment 1 and whose lower end is secured, as indicated at 22, to the lever 17 The other end of the lever 17 is provided with an elongated slot 23 which is engaged by a pin 24 carried by a vertically guided rod 26. The rod 26 passes thru a suitable guide 27 attached to the side of the upper portion 1 and at its upper end is move the flaps 7. and 8 into the position shown in dotted lines in Figure 2. The mop is then inserted and the operator removes his foot from the late18, the spring 20 returning the mechanism to the full line position shown in Figure 2. The mop then engages the radial rods 14, the rounded or eye portions 15 and has its handle projecting vertically upwardly thru the opening 11. The mop is now rotated or moved up and down so that it beats ainst the radial e dust will colleet in the lower portion 2 of the cabinet and the fine floating dust will be prevented from passing to the outer air, as the opening 11 is of relatively small size, slightly lax-g er than the handle of the mop.

1 this operation has been completed and the dust has substantially settled, the operator again places his foot upon the plate 18, thereby opening the flaps 7 and 8 and removes the mop.

it will thus be seen that a floor mop duster has been provided which is extremely efioient in operation and which retains the dust from the mop and prevents contaminating the external air during the dusting operation. It will also be seen that the device occupies a relatively small amount of space and may be, therefore, conveniently used about a house. In using the device attention is called to the fact that the operd ators hands are free at all times to manipu-' late the mop and that it is not necessary for him to stoop over to open the flaps, but that he may merely depress the foot lever and insert the mop with scarcely any eflo'rt.

I claim 1. A floor mop duster comprising a cab inet provided with flaps at its upper end, said aps having cut-outs adapted to form jointly an opening thru which the handle of the mop may pass, means carried within said cabinet for engaging the mop when it is moved to remove the dust therefrom, and

naeaeao a removable bottom positioned below said last mentioned means.

2. A floor mop duster comprising a cab inet, means including radially disposed rods converging downwardly within said cabinet against which a mop is adapted to be worked, and a hingedly mounted top adapted to permit the free insertion of the mop "and having a relatively small opening approximating the contour of the handle.

3. A mop duster comprising a cabinet divided intermediate its top and bottom into separable portions and provided with a pair of hingedly mounted cover members having cut-outs adapted to register, said cut-outs having a contour roughly conforming to the cross sectional contour of a handle; and means within the cabinet against which the mop is adapted to be worked to remove the ust.

4s A floor mop duster comprising a four walled case, a removable dust receiving element adapted to be associated with the bottom of the case, means within the case against which a mop may be worked, cover flaps hinged to the case and provided with semi-circular cut-outs adapted to register to form a handle receiving opening when said flaps are in their closed position, a foot pedal, and means for operating said cover flaps by said pedal.

MARTIN A. HUNT. 

